Showcase

Abstract

A showcase includes: a case main body; and article mounting shelves that mount articles as objects to be stored. The showcase causes the articles to be visually recognized through a customer serving face. Each of the article mounting shelves includes: a pair of brackets supported by a pair of shelf columns; and a shelf board. Each of the brackets includes locking pieces that are provided with respective notches at lower ends of predetermined areas. The showcase is supported by each of the shelf columns by causing the locking pieces to be inserted into corresponding inner face locking holes formed on an inner face of each of the shelf columns and causing lower edges of the inner face locking holes to relatively enter the notches, to cause the locking pieces to be locked to the inner face locking holes.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A showcase comprising:
 a case main body including:
 a front face disposed on a front side of the case main body and constituting a customer serving face; and 
 a rear face disposed on a rear side of the case main body and having an opening that is opened and closed by a door; 
 
 one or more article mounting shelves that are arranged in one or more stages in an up-and-down direction in a storage area provided in the case main body and on which articles to be stored are placed; and 
 left and right shelf columns disposed at the rear side of the case main body and extending in the up-and-down direction to support the one or more article mounting shelves, the left and right shelf columns including respective inner faces which face each other, 
 wherein the showcase is configured to display the articles placed on the article mounting shelves through the customer serving face, 
 each of the article mounting shelves includes:
 left and right brackets supported by the left and right shelf columns, respectively; and 
 a shelf board being disposed between the left and right brackets, including an upper face which constitutes an article mounting face on which the articles are placed and being configured to slidably move rearward when the shelf board is operated to be drawn rearward, 
 
 each of the left and right brackets includes a rear end part on the rear side of the each of the left and right brackets and respective bent parts at the rear end part, the bent parts constituting respective locking pieces, the bent parts of the left and right brackets being bent in directions opposite to the directions where the right and left brackets are disposed, respectively, and the bent parts include respective notches at lower ends of predetermined areas of the bent parts, 
 the left and right brackets are supported by the left and right shelf columns, respectively, in a state where the locking pieces are inserted into corresponding inner face locking holes which are provided on the inner face of the left and right shelf columns and the notches are in contact with respective lower edges of the inner face locking holes, so as to lock the locking pieces to the inner faces of the left and right shelf columns, 
 the left and right brackets include respective engaging pieces, each of the engaging pieces extending rearward in a longitudinal direction being a same direction as a longitudinal direction of the left and right brackets, 
 the engaging pieces have respective faces which face and are in contact with the inner faces of the left and right shelf columns, respectively, so that entire surfaces of the faces of the engaging pieces of the left and right brackets are in contact with the inner faces of the left and right shelf columns, respectively, in a state where the locking pieces are inserted into the respective inner face locking holes, 
 the left and right brackets further include respective another bent parts, which constitute contact pieces each being formed by cutting and raising a rectangular part surrounded by the corresponding left or right bracket and located in front of the locking piece of the corresponding left or right bracket, the another bent parts of the left and right brackets being bent in the directions opposite to the directions where the right and left brackets are disposed, respectively, and each of the another bent parts includes a locking protrusion protruding rearward on at least one of an upper end or a lower end of the another bent parts, 
 the left and right brackets are supported by the left and right shelf columns, respectively, in a state where the locking protrusions are inserted into front face locking holes provided on front faces of the left and right shelf columns and rear faces of the contact pieces are in contact with the front faces of the left and right shelf columns, and 
 the left and right brackets are supported by the left and right shelf columns in a state where the contact pieces of the left and right brackets are in surface contact with the front faces of the left and right shelf columns, respectively. 
 
     
     
       2. The showcase according to  claim 1 , wherein the contact pieces are elongated parts extending in the up-and-down direction as a longitudinal direction of the contact pieces. 
     
     
       3. The showcase according to  claim 1 , wherein the contact pieces of the left and right brackets are in surface contact with the front faces of the left and right shelf columns, the locking pieces of the left and right brackets are inserted into the corresponding inner face locking holes on the inner faces of the left and right shelf columns, and the engaging pieces of the left and right brackets are in surface contact with the inner faces of the left and right shelf columns so that the left and right brackets are supported on the respective left and right columns. 
     
     
       4. The showcase according to  claim 3 , wherein each of the left and right brackets further comprises:
 a limiting unit disposed at a front end part of the corresponding left or right bracket, the limiting unit protruding from an outer face toward the case main body to prevent the corresponding left or right bracket from approaching the case main body when the shelf board is operated to be drawn rearward, and 
 a bracket roller disposed on an inner face opposite to the outer face of the corresponding left or right bracket to allow the shelf board to slidably move rearward, and 
 when the shelf board is operated to be drawn rearward, the shelf board slidably moves rearward through the bracket rollers, and the limiting units prevent the left and right brackets from approaching the case main body while the shelf board is moving rearward. 
 
     
     
       5. The showcase according to  claim 4 , wherein each of the article mounting shelves further comprises:
 left and right receiving members slidably connected to the respective left and right brackets to support the shelf board, and each of the left and right receiving members having a receiving unit roller to slidably move rearward with the shelf board, and 
 left and right rails slidably connecting the left and right receiving members to the respective left and right brackets, and each of the left and right rails has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and 
 the receiving unit rollers are fitted in the corresponding first sides of the left and right rails, and the bracket rollers are fitted in the corresponding second sides of the left and right rails so that the left and right rails slidably move rearward in respect to the left and right brackets, and the left and right receiving members slidably move rearward in respect to the left and right rails. 
 
     
     
       6. The showcase according to  claim 5 , wherein each of the left and right receiving members further comprises a receiving upper face for supporting the shelf board, the receiving upper face including
 a receiving hole elongated in a moving direction of the left and right receiving members, and 
 a reception stopper arranged on the receiving upper face to limit a rearward movement of the shelf board in respect to the left or right receiving member; and 
 the shelf board includes left and right engaging members on a lower face of the shelf board to detachably attach to the left and right receiving members respectively, each of the left and right engaging members including 
 an elongated protrusion protruding downwardly to enter the receiving hole, and 
 a hook arranged at an end portion of the elongated protrusion to engage an edge of the receiving hole so that the shelf board is engaged to the left and right receiving members with the hooks of the left and right engaging members and the reception stoppers of the left and right receiving members. 
 
     
     
       7. The showcase according to  claim 1 , wherein the inner face locking hole of the left shelf column includes a plurality of inner face locking holes spaced apart from each other in the up-and-down direction,
 the locking piece of the left bracket includes a plurality of locking pieces spaced apart from each other and inserted into the plurality of inner face locking holes of the left shelf column, respectively, the plurality of locking pieces of the left bracket extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the left bracket and in parallel with the contact piece of the left bracket, 
 the plurality of locking pieces of the left bracket and the contact piece of the left bracket are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the left bracket to sandwich the left shelf column and secure the left bracket to the left shelf column, 
 the inner face locking hole of the right shelf column includes a plurality of inner face locking holes spaced apart from each other in the up-and-down direction, 
 the locking piece of the right bracket includes a plurality of locking pieces spaced apart from each other and inserted into the plurality of inner face locking holes of the right shelf column, respectively, the plurality of locking pieces of the right bracket extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the right bracket and in parallel with the contact piece of the right bracket, and 
 the plurality of locking pieces of the right bracket and the contact piece of the right bracket are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the right bracket to sandwich the right shelf column and secure the right bracket to the right shelf column. 
 
     
     
       8. The showcase according to  claim 7 , wherein in the state where the plurality of locking pieces of the left and right brackets are inserted into the corresponding plurality of inner face locking holes of the left and right shelf columns, the engaging pieces contact the corresponding inner faces of the left and right shelf columns, the contact pieces contact the corresponding front faces of the left and right shelf columns, and the locking protrusions are inserted into the corresponding front face locking holes of the left and right shelf columns. 
     
     
       9. The showcase according to  claim 8 , wherein each of the contact pieces is formed between upper and lower edges of the corresponding left or right bracket in the up-and-down direction and has one side connected to the corresponding left or right bracket and the other sides being separate from the corresponding left or right bracket. 
     
     
       10. The showcase according to  claim 9 , wherein the lower ends of the contact pieces are bent along a direction perpendicular to the up-and-down direction so that the locking protrusions protrude rearward. 
     
     
       11. A showcase for displaying articles through a customer serving face, comprising:
 a case main body including a front face disposed on a front side of the case main body and constituting the customer serving face, and a rear face disposed on a rear side of the case main body; 
 a pair of shelf columns disposed at the rear side of the case main body and extending in an up-and-down direction of the case main body, each shelf column of the pair of shelf columns including
 a plurality of side face locking holes arranged on a side face of the shelf column and spaced apart from each other in the up-and-down direction, and 
 a plurality of front face locking holes arranged on a front face of the shelf column and spaced apart from each other in the up-and-down direction, the front face being different from the side face; and 
 
 an article mounting shelf arranged inside the case main body, and including
 a shelf board for placing the articles and configured to slidably move rearward in a moving direction, and 
 a pair of brackets supported by the pair of shelf columns, respectively, extending along the moving direction of the shelf board and sandwiching the shelf board therebetween, each bracket of the pair of brackets having a rear end part including
 a plurality of locking pieces spaced apart from each other in the up-and-down direction and bent in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction to engage the plurality of side face locking holes, each of the plurality of locking pieces being locked to the side face of the shelf column through a notch at a lower end of each of the plurality of locking pieces, 
 an engaging piece extending perpendicular to the plurality of locking pieces and disposed rearward of the plurality of locking pieces to surface contact the side face of the shelf column, and 
 a contact piece disposed in front of the plurality of locking pieces and formed by cutting and raising a rectangular part from the bracket wherein the rectangular part is surrounded by the corresponding bracket and bent toward a direction same as the direction along which the plurality of locking pieces is bent, the contact piece including a locking protrusion protruding rearward from a lower end of the contact piece, 
 
 
 wherein in each bracket, the contact piece is parallel to the plurality of locking pieces and spaced apart from the plurality of locking pieces to sandwich the corresponding shelf column, and 
 in a state in which the plurality of locking pieces of the pair of brackets are inserted into the plurality of side face locking holes of the pair of shelf columns, the engaging pieces surface contact the side faces of the pair of shelf columns, the contact pieces surface contact the front faces of the pair of shelf columns, and the locking protrusions are inserted into the front face locking holes of the pair of shelf columns.